Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Mark Britnell
Keyword(s):  
Health Workforce ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Workforce Shortage ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Global Workforce ◽  
Workforce Needs ◽  
Country Today

No country today manages its health workforce and workforce needs particularly well. Neither rich nor poor countries are prepared to tackle the problems facing their health workforce, even though many analyse and outline the coming shortages. Countries and organizations often try to spend their way out of problems with short-term fixes, causing more problems for others and, ultimately, themselves. We need practical examples of how to improve the situation to avoid the coming global workforce shortage in healthcare, which is why Mark Britnell wrote this book. This chapter introduces the theory behind the book, and provides an overview of the current situation.

scholarly journals Preparing Graduates to Meet the Allied Health Workforce Needs in Rural Australia: Short-Term Outcomes from a Longitudinal Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leanne Brown ◽  
Tony Smith ◽  
Luke Wakely ◽  
Alexandra Little ◽  
Rebecca Wolfgang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Workforce Needs ◽  
Rural Australia

scholarly journals The Global Health Workforce Shortage: Role of Surgeons and Other Providers

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 63-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
George F. Sheldon ◽  
Thomas C. Ricketts ◽  
Anthony Charles ◽  
Jennifer King ◽  
Erin P. Fraher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Workforce Shortage

scholarly journals The status of adolescent medicine: building a global adolescent workforce

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lana Lee ◽  
Krishna K. Upadhya ◽  
Pamela A. Matson ◽  
Hoover Adger ◽  
Maria E. Trent
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Adolescent Medicine ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Global Workforce

Abstract Remarkable public health achievements to reduce infant and child mortality as well as improve the health and well-being of children worldwide have successfully resulted in increased survival and a growing population of young people aged 10–24 years. Population trends indicate that the current generation of 1.8 billion young people is the largest in history. However, there is a scarcity of dedicated resources available to effectively meet the health needs of adolescents and young adults worldwide. Growing recognition of the pivotal roles young people play in the cultures, societies, and countries in which they live has spurred an expanding global movement to address the needs of this special population. Building an effective global workforce of highly-skilled adolescent health professionals who understand the unique biological, psychological, behavioral, social, and environmental factors that affect the health of adolescents is a critical step in addressing the health needs of the growing cohort of young people. In this review, we aim to: 1) define a global assessment of the health needs for adolescents around the world; 2) describe examples of current training programs and requirements in adolescent medicine; 3) identify existing gaps and barriers to develop an effective adolescent health workforce; and 4) develop a call for targeted actions to build capacity of the adolescent health workforce, broaden culturally relevant research and evidence-based intervention strategies, and reinforce existing interdisciplinary global networks of youth advocates and adolescent health professionals to maximize the opportunities for training, research, and care delivery.

Research of Resource-Exhausted Mining Site Regeneration

2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 3210-3216
Author(s):  
Hua Zhang ◽  
David Hong Wu ◽  
Wei Ju Yang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Transportation System ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Mining Site ◽  
Industry Development ◽  
Road System

The research analyzed Pangzhuang mining site as case study and studied the current situation of the site from varies aspects, such as land use, economy and transportation system etc. Some strategies are further developed to recycle the declined mining site. The objectives of the mining site regeneration are established based on the study. The recycle planning contents are further elaborate from three aspects of function layout, industry development and road system. According to the planning objectives, the paper summarizes short term and long term targets.

Human: Solving the global workforce crisis in healthcare

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Britnell
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Workforce Shortage ◽  
Global Workforce ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
The Relationship

The central argument of this book is that over the next decade we are heading towards a global workforce shortage in healthcare that will harm patients, citizens, and societies. Knowing what we know, we cannot simply watch this happen; Mark Britnell believes it is possible to make good this gap by orchestrating our policies and practice in a more innovative, concerted, and collaborative way. In doing so, productivity will improve in a key section of the economy and national wealth will increase, helping individual prosperity, families, communities, and social cohesion. He looks at specific countries such as Japan, Brazil, and the Netherlands to illustrate how health systems can improve worldwide if we learn from each other. He argues for gender equality for healthcare workers, increased support for them, and more sophisticated thinking on the relationship between humans and technology.

scholarly journals Options for expanding the health workforce

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M Brooks ◽  
Lynn Robinson ◽  
Niki Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Productivity Commission ◽  
Commission Report ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Workforce Needs

Health workforce reform remains a major challenge for Australia. The recent Productivity Commission report provided some guidance, but, sadly, few of the recommendations have been implemented. Health economies (and with them the health workforce) will continue to expand as the burden of disease increases. The important issue is to expand the current workforce but provide for a generalist stream that allows flexibility and retraining. The future health workforce needs to be able to provide patient-centred care, to have a focus on public health and disease prevention, use information and the new communication technologies, to be able to work as part of a team and partner with a range of organisations and to be dedicated to quality improvement within the health system.

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